MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
Operations Update
Maj Gen Rick Lynch
4 MAY 2006
TURKEY
Operations Summary
Mosul
3rd Iraqi Army Battalion in
the lead; Operation Lion’s
Kirkuk
Hunt
Bayji
SYRIA
Samarra
Baqubah
Ramadi
IRAN
Fallujah
Baghdad
Nearly 1,000 Sons of Al
Anbar graduate boot camp
Operation Babil
Perimeter
Al Kut
Diwaniyah
Najaf/Kufah
Samawah
Nasiriyah
SAUDI ARABIA
Basrah
Weekly Ops
22-28 Apr 06
Combined
ISF-only
CF-only
Total
220/42%
134/25%
175/33%
529
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
Essential Service Projects
Tarmiya:
• Completed projects ($10.9 million): road
repairs; Enfaiye Village generator and pump
installation; agricultural packs; and blankets
and medical supplies.
• Working projects ($10.1 million): new water
supply pipeline; new electrical line; new
birthing room; Qada building renovation;
Tarmiya Town Hall improvements; upgrade to
cities the drainage system; trash removal;
additional road improvements; medical
equipment; and medical and school supplies.
Mushada
• Received more than $8,000 worth of blankets
and more than $4,000 worth of medical
supplies.
• Working projects ($3 million): a new medical
clinic and school supplies.
• Planned projects: repairing the water system,
repairing the current medical clinic (along with
building a new clinic), agricultural packs, and
trash removal.
A local contractor resurfaces the road between
Tarmiya and Mushada on April 10.
An Iraqi child
is treated at a
medical
operaion. The
Iraqi Army
along with
Coalition
Soldiers have
been
conducting
medical ops in
the Mushada
area.
Essential Service Projects
Saab al Bour:
• Completed projects ($1.95 million):
electrical upgrade for the city; school
repairs for the Al Jwahiri High School
and Taha Hussen Primary School; and
water treatment and storage.
• Working projects ($5.55 million): repair
and expand the current 11 kilovolt line;
installing a new 33 kilovolt line
(protection and reliability to the cities
electrical grid); water projects; and an
additional $488,000 to improve the local
schools.
Rashidiya and Hussienya
• Completed projects ($4 million): the Al
Zahour Police Station; and the local
farming Co-Op, which provides for more
than 200 farmers in the Rashidiya,
Hussienya and Sheik Sa’ad areas.
• Rashidiyua planned projects ($4 million):
a new power plant and trash removal
• Hussienya working projects ($2.14
million): new public health clinic; new
Civil Defense Center [Fire Department];
a courthouse; and school supplies.
Compact water
treatment units
at station one
and two
provide fresh
water to two
communities
Al Raood and
Banat Al
Hasan near
Taji, March 13.
These types of
tanks will soon
be constructed
in Saab al
Bour.
These tractors
were provided
with coalition
funds as part
of the building
of a local
farming Co-op
in the
Rashidiya and
Hussienya
areas. The Coop will provide
support to
approximately
6,000 acres in
both regions.
TURKEY
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s
Strategy
Mosul
AQIZ
Supporting
Effort
Kirkuk
Bayji
Facilitation
(Fighters / Funds)
Tikrit
IRAN
SYRIA
Baqubah
Ramadi
Fallujah
Baghdad
AQIZ Main
Effort
Al Kut
Najaf/Kufah
- Establishment of an Islamic Caliphate
in Iraq
Diwaniyah
Samawah
Nasiriyah
- Remove
Coalition
SAUDI
ARABIAForces and the Shi’a
populace from the region
- Destabilize the “apostate government”
through civil war and the establishment
of Shari’a law
Basrah
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
TURKEY
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s
Strategy
Mosul
AQIZ
Supporting
Effort
Kirkuk
Bayji
Facilitation
(Fighters / Funds)
Tikrit
IRAN
SYRIA
Baqubah
Ramadi
Fallujah
Baghdad
AQIZ Main
Effort
Al Kut
Najaf/Kufah
- Establishment of an Islamic Caliphate
in Iraq
Diwaniyah
Samawah
Nasiriyah
- Remove
Coalition
SAUDI
ARABIAForces and the Shi’a
populace from the region
- Destabilize the “apostate government”
through civil war and the establishment
of Shari’a law
Basrah
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
TURKEY
Impact on Al Qaeda’s
Network
Mosul
AQIZ
Supporting
Effort
8 Apr 06
13 Apr 06
16 Apr 06
25 Apr 06
2 May 06
IRAN
Kirkuk
Bayji
Facilitation
(Fighters / Funds)
Foreign Fighters
Tikrit
SYRIA
13 Apr
2 May
Ramadi
Baqubah
5 KIA
2 KIA
2 KIA
10 KIA
12 KIA
31 FF KIA since 8 Apr
Fallujah
Baghdad
8 25 Apr
Apr
16
Apr
AQIZ Main
Effort
Al Kut
Najaf/Kufah
- Intelligence indicates Yusifiyah is
staging area for suicide bombers in
Baghdad
Diwaniyah
Samawah
Nasiriyah
SAUDI ARABIA
Basrah
- Intelligence gained from operations
leads to more operations
- Areas near Balad are also targeted
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
8 Tier I Terrorists:
Have direct ties to AMZ
AQIZ Degradation since Jan 05
Total: 161
Hajji Hamadi
AQIZ Sr Ldr IVO SE
Abu Barzan TLake Thar Thar &
Abu alal-Fath
Abu Aqil
Abu Hamza AQIZ Emir of East Garma
Abu Ali
AQ Facilitator in
Mosul
AQ
Deputy of Iraq/Emir
Emirof Mosul
AQIZ Military
Mosul
Umar Barzani
Abu Umar alal-Kurdi
Abu Ubaydah
of Baghdad
Commander in Southern
AMZ Senior Lieutenant Master VBIED Builder
Abu Ayman
AMZ Gatekeeper,
Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad
Ldr of Secret Islamic courier, confidant
Party
Yasir alal-Kubaysi
Abu Omar a.k.a. Abu
Abu Ali
AQIZ Emir of Rutbah
Abu Uthman Abu Saleh
Bakr
Emir of West Al Anbar
AMZ Driver/
Emir of Hit Associate of
Dr. Muhsin
Abu Rasha
AQIZ Religious Emir
Safehouse Provider
Chassan Amin
for Abu Aqil
AQIZ Sr Lt foLieutenant
Hajji
Abu Talha
Abu Aisha
Abu Azzam
Baghdad
Abu Harith
Hamadi
Emir of Mosul
Emir of Haditha
Emir of Baghdad
Regional Emir IED
Jamal Abu Muhannad
Rakkan
attacks on CF
Abu Hassan
Baghdad Cell Leader
Abu Sirhan
Mosul AQIZ Ldr Abu
AMZ
Gatekeeper/Forger
Ghassan
Amin
AQ Lieutenant for Abu
Barzan’
Barzan’s driver
Emir of Rawah Abu Usama Talha of Iraq/ Emir of
Abu
Ahmed
Khallad
Abu alal-Abbas
Abu Zayd
Emir of Baghdad
Mosul
Abu Asma
Hajji
AQIZ FF Facilitator
Foreign Fighter
QJBR Baghdad
Mahmud Saynt
Emir of West Mosul
Abu Qutaybah
AQIZ Emir of Tarmiyah
Baghdad SVBIED Cell
Abu Rim a.k.a. Adel
Facilitator
SVIED/FF Cell Leader
Emir of Hit
AMZ Courier
Leader
Media Chief/Computer Dr. Hassan
In Mosul
Mullah Khazzam
al-Rahman Gatekeeper
AQIZ Media Chief Abu Abd alAbu Sayf
Mahmud
Expert
Sr AQIZ in Kirkuk
AMZ Gatekeeper/Safe
Abu Zaynab
QJBR Baghdad
Baghdad AQIZFadhil
Media Mashadani
Rafid Ibrahim
house
Facilitator/Emir
of
Former
Emir
of
Hit
Former
Baghdad
Ba’
’
ath
Ba
SVIED/Cell
Leader
Abu Barra
Cell Leader
MuhammadJAI
Daham
Financier and ties
Ramadi
Khamis a.k.a. Abu Seba
Military Branch Leader
Abu Anas Ramadi Insurgent Leader
Senior Assistant to Abu
w/AQSL
Dr. Shuayb
Former
Intel
Cell
Leader
Ar
Ramadi
Abu Usama
Talha
Abu Hassan
Abu Walid
Abu Zubayr
Abu Ahmad
Possible
Contact
AQIZ Cell Leader
Abu Karrar Emir of Mosul
AQIZ Cell Leader
Reiligous EmirOfficer/Possible
for Abu
Operational Commander
AMZ Gatekeeper
with
AMZ
Husaybah
Abu Da’
Da’ud
Miitary Ldr for Yusifiyah
Ghurayb
Abu alal-Bara,
Bara, Abu Khalid
Abu Sayf alal-Urdani
Of Hit
Abu Mahmud
Tlha Lieutenant Ramadi
Abu Abd
Abu Majid
Leaders/Facilitators
AMZ Chief of Security/
Baghdad Military
Abu ‘Ali
SVBIES Cell Leader
Abu Yusif
AQ Administrative Emir
Former QJBR
Associate of Abu Abd alalBodyguard
Hostage Negotiator in
Abu Samir Commander
Abu Abdullah al Saudi
Religious Emir for
Emir of Kurdish Region
Aziz
SATCO kidnapping Case
Mosul AQIZ senior
AQ FF Facilitator
Ahned Mashandani
Yusifiyah
Abu Ibrahim
(Hallums)
Hallums)
Abu alal-Izz
leader
Mullah Birwa
FRE Cell Leader for
Abu Hajir
Replaced Abu Islam
Associate of Abu Rim
Abu Umar
Emir of Germany Hisham
Jamaat alMosul AQIZ Chemi
al-Tawid Wa alalIn Hussayabh
Abu Islam
FF with Intel onAbu Fatima
Abu Yunis Jihad
Abu Abdullah al Saudi
Weapons facilitat
AQIZ Courier
Abu Hamza
Asadallah
Emir of Mosul
Leader of Abu Islam
Mosul/KSA Networks
AQ Baghdad VBIED
Hammadi TahkiAQ FF Facilitator
Abu Wisam
Baghdad/Rawah
Hostage Involved with
Abu Asil
Senior AQIZ/FF
Abu Mahmud
Group in Al Qaim
Cell Leader
Emir of Samarra
Deputy to poss.AQIZ
Abduction of Jeffrey AkeMosul SVIED Cell Leader
Senior FF in Al Qai
Husaybah
Abu ‘Rayyan
Intel Emir of Baghdad
Dr. Muhammad
Chief of Operations
Abu Raghad
Abu Ra’
Ra’dAMZ’
Media Operative for
AMZ’s SVIED/FF Network
Senior FF/Lea
Abu Mustafa
Abu Umar
Cell Leader Mosul Baghdad
Ramadi VBIED Cell
Husaybah
Associated with Jill Abu Junaid
Cell
Leader
Baqubah
Abu Qutayba
Abu Umar slsl-Kurdi
Carroll
Abu Khattab
Associate
Abu Uthman QJBR Cell Leader of
Abu Shahed
Abu Hassan
Abu
Tayyibah
AMZ Facilitator
Dawrah/Baghdad
Abu Ali
Cell Leader MosulDawrah/Baghdad
Abu Fatima
Abu Usama
Cell Leader Mosul
Mahir alal-Rawi Abu Saddam
BaghdadBaghdad-based
Abu FarisAssociate of Abu
AMZ Safe house
Baghdad Cell Leader
AMZ Driver
AQ Facilitator
and
Umar alal-Kurdi
document forger
Baghdad
SVIED/FF Cell
Driver for Abu Mahmud
Abu Zubar
document forger Leader
Abu Hamza The Mosel Cell Leader
Abu Abd alal-Qadir
Cell Leader Mosul
Fahad
Key Planner Chemical
Abu Haythem
QJBR Leader in
FRE/Cell Leader TWJ
Attack Mosul Airfield
Driver for AQIZ Emir of Abu Umar
Saqlawiyah
Senior AQIZ FF/Leader in
Abu Walid
West Baghdad
Majid
Hajji Ibrahim
Layth alal-Alwani
Abu alal-Hayjah
Ubaydi/Husaybah/Al
FRE Leader/ Financier
Fuad Khalid Affar Hamza
Khattab
Baghdad AQIZ
Hudayfah Satter
Abu Khayrullah
Associate of the Emir of
Ramadi Cell Leader
LIFG FF and suicideUmar Amin AQIZ/FF Facilitator
Qaim
Mosul Cell Leader
Explosives
Expert
Associate
of
Abu
Rim/
Mosul Cell Leader
Iraq, Abu Talha
bomberOperation Commander
Abu A’zam
for the North
Dr Hassan
and facilitator
Abu Shawkat
Associate of Abu
Qutaybah
Abu Muhajir
Abu Mustafa
Mosul AQIZ
Abu Afnan Umar alal-Kurdi
AQIZ Baghdad Attack
Foreign Fighter
Deputy to AQIZ Senior
Abu AnasMedia Ops for Tal Afar
Planner
Facilitator
Abu Yusif
Leader
Cell Leader in Yusifiyah
Abu Uthamn Abu Khayrullah
In Mosul
Abu Yahya Abu Zahra
Abu Hassan
Religios Ldr for AS Jabbar Latif
Farhan Husayn
Rakan
Mosel Network Member/
AQIZ Media Cell Member
Abu
Ali
Mosul
Cell
Leader
Media
Cell
Member
Abu Karim
Cell Leader Yusifiyah
Provided safe haven for
Cell Leader in Baghdad/
Abu Haydar
Associate of Abu Bara
Ma’adhCell Leader Mosul
Abu Samra
Involved in AHAH-64
FF in Yusifiyah
Wamid Associate Abu Ma’
IED\
IED\Hostage
AAA Driver
AQIZ Baghdad
Apache
Rasim Latif
Abu Umar
Cell Leader in Ramadi
Intelligence
Military Leader in
Military Cell Leader in
Abu Muhannad
Abu Shihab
Yusifiyah
Yusifiyah Abu Hamza
Abu Afnan
Close associate of Bilal
QPropoganda Chief for
Abu Mustafa
Senior AQIZ Cell Leader
Abu Ja’
Ja’far
KhamisMedia Operations for Tal
Mustafa Yasin Ali Samir
Walid
JAM Media Cell in
Military Ops in greater
Dr Shu’
Shu’ayb
Kawa
Majid
Abdullah
Tameen
Baghdad
VBIED
Builder
Afar
AlAQIZ, Abu Zayd
Al-Karghuli
Imad
Baghdad, associated
Zaydon area
Recruiter and Courier
Cell Leader in Mosul
Abu Raid Anaz alal-SalmaniAzzam Associate
Abu Ali AQIZ Baghdad Financial
Associate
AAA Lieutenant/AMZ
w/AQIZ
Mosul and Baghdad
Emir of Abu Ghraib
Abu Hammam
AQIZ HusaybahCell
Baghdad VBIED Leader Supporter
Financial Support Cell
Mosul AQIZ Cell Leader
Leader
TIER I
TIER II
57 Tier 2 Terrorists:
Leaders in local and regional
areas
TIER III
Abu Salman
Abu Ibrahim
AQIZ HusaybahCell
AQIC Tech expert/leader
Leader
Muhammad Atiya in Baghdad
Mbr of Haythem alal-Badri
Network
96 Tier 3 Terrorists: Iraqi and
Abu Ahmed
AQIZ Emir of Sadah
Abu Qatada
IFLI Cell Leader
Foreign Fighters, many serving as cell
leaders
Abu Azzam Aqiz killed in September 2005 raid in Baghdad
- Intelligence led us to a residential
high-rise in the A’amel District of
Baghdad. During the raid, he was killed
after opening fire on the forces.
- Abu Azzam was the operational
commander and the main gatekeeper for
Al Qaida in Iraq.
- He had operational control over the
flow of money and information from
Baghdad to other cells and cities in Iraq.
- He had controlled the operations in and
around Baghdad since April 2005.
Original member Shura Council.
Abu Azzam Aqiz
Abu Ubaydah killed in October 2005 raid in Ramadi
- Abu Ubaydah served as an “executive
secretary” for Zarqawi, screened all
messages and requests for meetings
with Zarqawi
- Met with Zarqawi frequently and served
as his messenger and gatekeeper
- Provided Zarqawi with safe house
locations and used intimidation and
death threats to gain the cooperation of
the Iraqi people to support Al Qaeda in
Iraq terrorist activity
Abu Ubaydah
UMAR BARZANI SENTENCED TO DEATH
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s lieutenant and
member of the original Shura Council,
he was captured in May 2004.
- Emir of Baghdad, responsible for
operations in and around the Baghdad
area.
- Found Guilty of Crimes against the
Internal Security of the State and
sentenced to death
Ibrahmi Ahdul Kareem
Abdul Aziz Zangana
aka Umar Baziyani
UMAR AL KURDI SENTENCED TO DEATH
- Most lethal of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s
lieutenants, Sami Muhammad Ali Said alJa’af, aka Abu Umar al-Kurdi, captured
in a raid in Baghdad Jan. 15, 2005.
- Confessed to building approximately
75 percent of the car bombs used in
attacks in Baghdad since March 2003.
- Involved in the bombing of the
Jordanian Embassy and the United
Nations Headquarters in Baghdad
Sami Muhammed Ali Said
aka Umar Al Kurdi
- Involved in the interrogation, torture
and execution of Jabbar Ateaia alRubaee, who was the Secretary General
for the National Institute for Human
Rights in Iraq.
- Found Guilty of Crimes against the
Internal Security of the State and
sentenced to death
CCCI SENTENCES ABU TALHA TO DEATH
- Former Emir of Mosul and was AMZ’s
most trusted operations officers in Iraq
- Planned, coordinated and conducted
deadly attacks and kidnappings in Mosul
and Baghdad
- Used bombs indiscriminately to
intimidate, terrorize and murder local
citizens
- He would receive $50,000 to $100,000 a
month from kidnapping operations in
Baghdad. Original member of Shura
Council.
Muhammad Khalaf Shakara
aka Abu Talha
- Abu Talha was charged with violating
Article 194 of the Iraqi Penal Code for
joining armed groups. The trial court
found him guilty and sentenced him to
death
Abu Ayman captured March 2006 by ISF in Baghdad
- Former aide to the Chief of Staff of
Intelligence during the Saddam Hussein
regime
- Target of a major manhunt until his
capture 7 March and was the leader of
the Secret Islamic Army in the Northern
Babil Province
- Prime suspect in the kidnapping of
Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena and for
assassination attempts on Iraqi
Government and ISF officials
- Also the prime suspect in the
kidnapping and killing of several
hostages in Iraq and for committing
some of the most lethal IED attacks on
Coalition/Iraqi Forces and on Iraqi
citizens since the fall of the regime
Muhammed Hila Hammad Ubaydi
aka Abu Ayman
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Baghdad Strategy
Strategic outline, notes, and comments for operations in Baghdad
Outline
Operations based on ethnic makeup of district/area
States that the Shi’a are the priority target in Baghdad
Directs the reduction of attacks in predominately Sunni areas
Directs the elimination of spies and informants in the Sunni area
Shi’a
Remove Shi’a from mixed neighborhoods calmly and without fanfare
Conduct operations in order to isolate Shi’a areas, forcing them to move
Tactics
Displace/reduce ops against CF in order to operate against them in Baghdad
Concentrate on static patrols through the use of snipers
Conduct (IED) attacks along major LOCs outside of Sunni areas
Strategy
Freedom of movement in Baghdad is the key
• Striking fixed detachments
• Striking dispatch centers
Maintaining the “Belt”
Inciting the people against the Shi’a
MULTINATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
Operations Update
Maj Gen Rick Lynch
4 MAY 2006